In 1923, the year Max Uri's wife, Frieda Haber, was born, the monarchy had been over for six years and the country was within the First Republic of Austria. The Republic, established in 1919, was created following the end of First World War and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1918) and the Republic of German-Austria (1918-1919).

Before World War II, Jews played a significant part in Austria's social and economic life. Read more on Austrian Jewry here.

In 1939 Max Uri left for Palestine (today Israel) with only 10 Reichsmarks to his name.

As Nazi influence began to grow stronger, many European Jews attempted to leave for Palestine. Immigration to Israel is known as Aliyah. The Jewish Virtual Library offers a number of links to information about historical immigration to Palestine.

Many of the German-speaking refugees who had fled Germany and Austria, were shocked by the relatively "primitive" conditions in this new city in comparison to places like Berlin. Many of these refugees had been traiened at the famous Bauhaus school and helped to build Tel Aviv into the city it is today. Here is more information on the construction of Bauhaus-inspired buildings and how they filled a need for housing and endowed the city with a modernist flair.

Here is a list of Bauhaus buildings in Tel Aviv and you can take a look at film footage of Tel Aviv from the 1940s.

After five years of living in Israel, Max and Frieda returned to Vienna. You can read more about the postwar Austrian Jewish community here.

In 1945, Austria had declared the Second Republic, reestablishing Austria as a democratic republic.

For many years Austrians did not want to acknowledge their role in perpetrating the crimes of the Second World War, preferring to view themselves as the Nazi's first victims. This attitude, in part, made it very difficult for those Jews returning to the country after the Holocaust to settle in.

25 October 2005, Austria's first Holocaust memorial was unveiled at its location in Vienna's Judenplatz. The monument is entitled the "Nameless Library" and was designed by British artist, Rachel Whiteread.